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0. P. WESTRUP. BINDING DEVICE FOR PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERSJBQ.

No. 484,268. Patented 00$. 11, 1892'.

. UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

- .oLivER WESTRUPLOF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, 'ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF -TO 'MONTAGU HIGGINSON AND DAVID MAURICE VAUGHAN, OF SAME BINDING DEVICE FOR PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, s50.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters P atent No. 484,268, dated October 11, 1892.

Application filedFebruary 2, 1891- Serial No. 379.875. (N model-l Tori/ll whom it may concern.-

Be it known tha't I, OLIVER FRANK WnsT-.

RUP, marine insurance agent,asubject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at'Liv'eI-pool,

in the county of Lancaster, in the Kingdom. of England, have invented certain new. and

useful Improvements in-Binding Devices for Periodicals, Newspapers, and the Like, of

. which thefollowing is a specification.

' filed in such manner as to be kept in perfect order and-Joe always convenient for reference,

Referring to the drawings, Figure I a perspective view of a bundle of papers secured together by my improved appliance. Fig. 2.

' is anelevation showing the appliance full size and in position, the papers being in sectlon. Figs. 3 and 4 are section and plan, respectively, of the retention device of the ap pliance drawn to alarger scale than Fig. 2. Fig. .5 shows in section'a modified form of retention device. Fig. 6 is an elevation-of the same at right angles to Fig.5. Fig. 7 is a plan of same. --Figs. 8 and 9 are side view and plan, respectively, of another modified form of retention device. \Fig. 10 shows a paperholding device used in connection with the filing appliance and hereinafter more fully described. Fig. 1 1 is a side-view of said holding device.

A is a series of papers. B is a flexible binder, such as a piece'of line chain, cord, or'its equivalent, upon-which the -end of the papers are strung. To one end of the chain or cord is attached a suitable perforato'r, such as a stout needle 0, which is adapted to be pushed through the papers, the chain or cord being pulled through after it, until the papers press against a stop-piece D, attached to that chain or cord. remote from the needle;

E is a retaining piece or disk of suitable proximity to the disk, as shown.

adapted to be placed on the flexible binder to hold the papers'in position thereon. a chain is employed, the retaining-piece E is provided on i s upper face with a fiat spring F, which is attached to it, preferably, at or near one edge thereof, and stands normally a 'short distance from theface of the piece E, as seen on Figs. 2 and 3. The spring F and disk E are both provided with a narrow slotf,

Which-extends from the circun'lference of the.

disk to about the center thereof or other con- ..yenient point, the slot being wide enough to permit of the passage of a chain-link edgewise. The disk E is placed] upon .the file of papers and is slipped, sidewise onto the chain in such manner that the link which projects immediately above the uppermost paper. enters the slot f, as seen in Fig. 3. The spring is at the same time'compressed by contact with the link above itand presses the disk firmly againstthe paper or against hen the link just below the disk, the combined linkand disk being thus held securely on the chain. As an additional security a short slot f, Fig. at, is formed in the spring'at right angles to the main slotf, whereby when the disk is pushed home the spring flies up and its cross-slot f engages the lower end of the link just above it, as seen in Fig. 3 The flat spring F is preferably formed in one with the disk E, being bent back seas-to lie in I The disk E may be also provided with a lip orprojection G on its outer face, whereby it may be drawn offfrom the chain when desired, the spring being compressed at the same time by the tip of the finger or thumb which engages the lip.

II is a piece of thread or the like. which connects the two piecesE and D together and prevents the retaining-piece E from being mislaid when removed from the chain. \Vhere the papers are strung upon a cord instead of 'a chain the construction of-the retaining device is rather different. In this case the perforator O and cord 13 are passed through a hole J inor near the center of the retainingdisk, the said hole being formed with a V- shaped notch at one side, as at J. The cord being drawn through the hole J, the disk is when pressed into it is held therein with sut-,

a v nsist pressed down against the papers and the cord pressed'into the V-notch J. The loose end of the cord is now secured to the disk by any suitable device which will exert a slight tengi on on the cord in the direction of the notch For example, a lip or projection K may be provided on'the outer face of the disk at the side nearest the V-notch J, and said lip may have a slot is slightly narrower than the diameter of the cord B, so that the latter ticient pressure to produce the required tension on the cord, asaforesaid. If desired, the sides of the slot may be made capable of springing apart slightly, and to this end the. disk may be split, 'as at is, so that the lip K and the adjacent parts'ot' the disk form,as it were, a spring-clip for the cord.

Other forms of spring-clip may be e'mployed as, for instance, that shown in Figs.

8 and 9, in which L is a flat spring mounted on the upper face of the disk E. Thecord is adaptedto be hitched under 'thespring as shown in dotted lines in Fi 9, and the latter may be hollowed out, a'sat l, to afford 'an additionalgrip on the cord. V In*the drawings only one filing device is shown for securing the bundle of papers; but

it will be obvious that any convenient num her may be used, the same .being placed at intervals along one edge of the bundle. I sometimes provide a guard or ferrule M, in which the perforator 0, when not being used, may be inclosed. This guard may be employed as a temporary paper-holder, and to thisend-it may be furnished with a collar m at its outer end. When it is desired to remove a particular paper from the body of the bundle, the papers above it are slipped onto the guard M. The latter is then removed from the perforator, the desired paper drawn off the chain or cord, the guard replaced on the perforator, the papers on the guard sllpped onto the chain or cord again,and the retaining device replaced. l

'I declare that what I claim is- V r 1. Ina paper-filing appliance, the combination, with t'he'ilexible binder B, the stopdiskD, and the perforator G, of a loose retaining-piece E, embracing the binder and bearing against the papers thereon, and a catch, as described, on the piece E for secur- .ing.the same positively to the binder,'substantially as described. t

2. In a paper-filing appliance, the combination of the chain B, stop-disk D, pert'orat-or G, loose retaining-piece E, having slot f, adapted to receive a link of the chain edgewise, and

slotted spring F on the piece E, also adapted to receive said link and to be against the 66 chains-link above it and press the piece E dowu' the Papers, substantially a scribed. l

3. The combination of the chain 13 stop- 1 disk D, perforator O, loose retaining-piece E, spring F,.a'nd cord H, connecting the piece E and disk D, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the chain B, stop-' disk D, slotted retaining-disk E, and slotted spring F, substantially as described and shown. y

5. ,In combination with the flexible binder. I

of 'a paper-filing appliance, avstop-piece D,

ing-piece E, having a fastening device and adapted to be attached to any desired point on' the binder, and a flexible line H, connecting the pieces'D and E to prevent the loss of said loose piece E when detached from the binder, while permitting said piece E to be manipulated independently of the stop-piece D, substantially as described.

fixed to one end of the binder, a loose retain- 6. Incombination withthe binding-chain of apaper-filing appliance, a retaining-disk E, having a slot f, adapted to receive alink of the chain edgewise,and a-flatspring F on the'disk E, having a' similar slot to receive said 'l-ink edgewise, and having, also, 'a cross; slot f to receive theend of the link above it when the disk is pushedhome onto the chain,

substantially as described.

7. The combination of the binding-chain B,

slotted retaining-disk'E, spring F, formed in one with the disk E and having slotsfand f, and lip G on the disk in proximity to the free end of the spring, substantially as de-' scribed and shown. v

8. In a paper-filingappliance, the combination, with aflexible binder and-a perforator connected thereto, of a guardadapted to receive the point of the pertorator in such manner asto form an extension thereof and to serve as a temporary paper-holding device,

substantially as andforthe purposes described. r

'9. In combination with the flexible binder B and perforator C, the perforator-guard M, having collar m and forming an extension of the perforator, substantially asand' for the purposes described. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, '0. F. WESTRUP.

Witnesses:

W. P. THOMPSON, JOHN HAYES. 

